Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-01
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TIE WAR.
Special to the Philadelphia Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June o. The
Rowan County feuds are ended at
last. y band of armed men this
morning entered Morehead, the
county seat, and killed Craig Tol-
liver, his brothers, Jay and Bud
TOlliver, and J. X. Cooper. John
Rogers, another member Of the
gang, was shot in the thigh, but
escaped. Sheriff John Day, one
Of the most active ofTolliver's lieu
tenants, was believed to be hiding
in some house in the town, and at
last accounts the vigilantes were
searching every nook and Granny
for the fugitive. If found, his
death will follow at once. The
bodies Of the four outlaws, lyirg
stretched out cold and stiff in a
house near the railroad depot, were
seen at noon today by passengers
on the Chesapeake and Ohio train
coming through there.
The famous outlaw who had de-
fed death long, ana whose deeds
have stained the State with such
deep disgrace, is dead at last be.
yond a doubt. The posse which
slew the outlaws was organized, it
is supposed, by friends of ,he Mar
tin and Logan faction, who TOlli-
yer has fought so long. They were
headed by Sheriff Hogg, of Rowan
County, who claimed 10 be acting
under the Authority of Governor
Knott, and declared that be had
instructed them to organize posse
and take Craig Tolliver dead or
alive. No such order was ever is.
sued by the Governor, or if it has
it has been kept a secret.
CRAIG TOLLIvER's LAST MURDER.
MOrehead has been in possession
of Tolliver and his band for the
past six weeks. Craig has been
making that place his headquarters
for the past two years, but about
two months ago concluded to offer
himself for police Judge. The elec-
tiOn came of at once and only
twenty votes were cast, all being
for TOlliver. Under color of his Of
fee he at once issued warrants for
the arrest of John and William LO-
gan, sons of DR.. II. A. Logan, his
bitter enemy. A posse Of men,
with Tolhver at their head, rode
out 10 a house where the LOgans
we're staying, few miles from
MOrehead. and demanded their sur
render. The young men refused,
aud were shot down at once. Since
then TOlliver has heid armed pos
session of Morehead. He and his
adherents took possession Of the
Central Hotel and made it their
headquarters. They terrorized the
inhabitants and levied supplies as
they chose.
a couple of weeks ago the Martin
and Logan factions organized and
began sending warnings to the TOl.
livers 20 leave MOrehead, threaten.
ing to burn the town and kill every
man in il unless this was done
The outlaws paid 10 further atten-
ton to this than to strengthen their
numbers, and from 30 to 100 men
passed every night with the TOlli-
vers, armed to their teeth. 1t seems
that the vigilantes must have had
out spies, however, for to-day they
learned that only eight or ten men
remained in town with their lead
er.
THE vIGILANTEs' SUCCESSFUL AT
TACK.
Under the lead of Sheriff HOgg,
and numbering about 100 men, the
vigilantes made the attack. AS
they did not wish to be interrupted
in their work, the incoming Chesa-
peake and Ohio train, which should
have passed there at 9 o'clock in
the morning, was tagged two miles
out of town and side.tracked until
noon.
Tolliver had ten companions and
had been expecting the posse ever
since yesterday morning, but
thought he could whip the officers.
Upon his refusal to surrender the
house was surrounded and a regu.
lar fusilade began. The battle
lasted for about two hours and a
half, no one being much hurt. At
the emu OF tnat time the outlaws
made a desperate rally and at
tempted to break through the lines.
Craig TOlliver and his two cousins
were killed in that attempt, as was
also Cooper. The others escaped,
including Gates TOlliver, a boy,
who had been badly wounded, but
who crawled into the bushes and
got away. Craig Tolliyer must
have been the target Of nearly all
the guns, as his body was found